Is my hair too long? With pics!

My Mother (whose opinion I shouldn't care about but do) is on the verge of making a hair appt for me when I go home at Christmas as she hates my long hair and has used the word 'witch' about it in the past

I haven't been to a hairdresser in well over a year. I love my hair long and hate hairdressers thanks to a history of unwanted dos and a deep fear of layered Mum cuts and sensible bobs. In my defence it is very thick and shiny.

Yes I think layers would help if you like waves - when hair is really long the weight pulls curls out - so cutting a bit off will help it spring up a bit overall. Am frantically trying to find pics of layered hair as long as yours now...

Don't cut it! It is beautiful! I am another one who had to have a bowl haircut as a child and am now compensating by having long hair. Everyone likes it except for my parents who probably want me to go back to the bowl haircut again.

I have almost exactly the same 'do' - colour too - so i think it's lovely . I have recently had it about 3 inches shorter than yours and i also have long layers cut from shoulder length down. the layers don't show when it's all one colour and dried straight, but just make it quicker and easier to wash, dry and style. And when i curl it they ad texture and movement. I also have some ombre highlights in the length so it doesn't look like a block of solid helmet hair.

I have the fringe choppy and layered too because my face is quite round so it doesn't look too severe.

i went to have a fringe trim in liverpool once - one of those salons where everyone has bleached blonde hair, extensions and orange tans. the stylists kept asking me if i wanted highlights or to use the sunbeds. i kept saying no, but they went on and on. Eventually one got quite cross with me and said 'look love, we're just trying to help you look less witchy' i said 'it's ok, where i'm from it's quite normal to hair darker than your face'. you can guess the atmos was quite frosty after that and i didn't get the best haircut!

I think the pink (or purple) tips would suit you actually - and the fact that you have a fringe doesn't mean you couldn't do that style - any half decent hairdresser could just cut a few extra layers in around your face to bring your fringe into the style rather than it just kind of sitting there separately, IYSWIM...

Your hair is fine, I also have long dark hair (bra length) with a fringe but mine is finer so I have layers. I go to the hairdresser about 2-3 times a year for a trim, thats all, and I always go to the same one, she's great, welcomes pics to show what I mean.

If you haven't had it cut for over a year it will probably need a good couple of inches trimmed off to get rid of any damaged ends. But those will soon grow back, even with regular trimming, if you want them to.

And gah! Mums eh? I once told mine that I was saving up for a pair of Christian Louboutin heels as a present for myself because I loved the red soles. "And what sort of message do you think that will send out dear?" she said, as if I'd just suggested hanging about on a street corner in thigh high boots and a boob tube for a lark.

Mothers and hair, there should be a book about this. My mum STILL regularly "offers" to cut my hair. She cut it really short at 11 because it was getting thick and curly and she claimed this would make it less bouffy. Which is so, so stupid that, well, not to put too fine a point on it, I think she was lying and had an issue with it.

I have quite similar hair to you but curlier and with long layers and have done a tame, terrified version of the MN haircut with success. It just took the slightly raggedy bottom 2 inches off. So that's another advantage of long hair with layers, you can bodge them about yourself.

I agree with rockin i think the style on that pic would be perfect for you. Your hair is of course lovely as it is but it would really be brought to life with those layers. If my hair was like yours that's what i would do anyway

I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant your hair. it looks great, don't chop loads off, trim and style if you want but no more.

indeed witches don't have fringes , or such healthy looking hair....normally straggly, isn't it? I am aiming for a witch style, as long as it is long I do not care (sick of too many years of short hair...)

No it's not too long it's lovely. I had long hair like yours about 6 years ago & over the years coupled with medication & too many trims & colours, my hair got shorter and is now just past my shoulders. I'm desperate for it to be long & thick again but just won't grow past this length. It thinned a lot because of the medication. Could be my age (nearing 40) too. Keep it long you won't regret it!

Mine is longer than yours, so no, I don't think it looks too long! It needs a trim, but that's it. I usually tell the hairdresser firmly that I do not want it layered or styled, just an inch and a half of the bottom please. It's always gone fine so far